0.1.0¶

Status: In development · Android 10+ and iOS 17+

Highlights¶

The first build of xadcast. Every episode is transcribed and analysed on the device, ad breaks are skipped automatically, and a skip can always be undone with one tap.

Ad detection¶

Episodes are transcribed locally while they play. Detection switches on shortly after pressing play and improves as the episode goes on.
Both pre-recorded spots and host-read adverts are detected.
A skipped break is drawn as a hollow band on the seek bar. Tapping it replays the break.
The ad chip on the player and episode screens shows what is being skipped and how much time has been saved, with a per-episode override of the global setting.
On an episode that has not been analysed yet, the player briefly holds before the content starts so a cold-open pre-roll is skipped from the first press of play.
Once the playing episode is analysed, the next episodes in the queue are read ahead so they start on their first word.
Both models ship inside the app. Nothing is downloaded at runtime.

Player¶

Live captions that follow the audio, with tap-to-seek and search within the episode. Lines inside an ad break are dimmed rather than removed.
Playback speeds from 0.8× to 3×, a sleep timer, skip forward 30 s and back 15 s.
A persistent mini player, lock-screen and notification controls, and Android Auto.
Chapter marks read from the show notes, with play-from-here.
The last episode and position come back after a crash without reloading the audio.

Library and downloads¶

Search a catalogue of roughly 333,000 podcasts, or add any feed by RSS URL.
Subscribe from xadcast://, feed:// and pcast:// links.
A queue with drag-to-reorder that is kept downloaded in queue order.
Per-podcast auto-download windows: keep the newest N, count played episodes, delete after playing.
Background refresh with Wi-Fi-only and while-charging options.

Known issues¶

English only.
Chapter titles are not generated automatically; only marks present in the show notes are used.